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Anonymous
7 years ago

Why does vsim occasionally crash with ERROR CODE 4 when using Quartus Prime Lite (no license required)? How can I solve this problem?

PROBLEM: vsim occasionally crashes with error code 4. TRANSCRIPT: FATAL ERROR: Unable to read lock file necessary for use of uncounted nodelocked license. Exiting. SOFTWARE VERSION: ModelS...
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AndyN
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7 years ago

By any chance, is it failing when you re-run it after a successful run? I've had issues with some Modelsim sub-processes not getting properly terminating when running on Linux (which then gives weird behavior when you then re-run).

Andy